RPC VII.2, 1684

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1684
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Tomis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΑΒΙΝΙΑ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σαβινία Τρανκυλλίνα
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Tranquillina Sabinia Tranquillina
Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right, seen from rear, and Tranquillina, diademed and draped, left
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝΤΟΥ ΤΟΜΕΩϹ, Δ<
Edition Μητρο(πόλεως) Πόντου Τόμεως δʹ
Translation of the Metropolis of Pontus, Tomis, 4
Reverse design Athena seated left, holding patera over altar and spear; shield leaning against throne
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.30 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 3524
Specimens 16 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1030 AMNG 3524/4
2 2     B: 18278788, I-B AMNG 3524/1, pl. XV.27, rev.
3 3     B: 18278792, Löbb. AMNG 3524/2
4 4     C: 6902-2007
5 5     O
6 6     BBAW: 93
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     Cast in BBAW
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CGT coll. = Tintinna EA 45, 28 Mar. 2015, lot 2518
12 12     Gorny & Mosch 170, 13 Oct. 2008, lot 1678
13 13     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 1, 10 Mar. 2013, lot 98
14 14     ✸ Private coll.
15 15     Roma Numismatics EA 39, 26 Aug. 2017, lot 473
16 16     SNG Stancomb 901 = Roma EA 70, 7 May 2020, lot 94